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diff --git a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/ScriptConstructs.xml b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/ScriptConstructs.xml
index 218fd9ebc..20e61de57 100644
--- a/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/ScriptConstructs.xml
+++ b/doc/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/en-US/ScriptConstructs.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ then it can be referenced through
 <quote><command>@var("<replaceable>varname</replaceable>@<replaceable>src/file.c</replaceable>")</command></quote>.
 </para>
 
+<para>
+It is also supported to specify an executable or library file path as the
+second argument, as in
+<quote><command>@var("<replaceable>varname</replaceable>", "<replaceable>/path/to/exe/or/lib</replaceable>")</command></quote>
+</para>
+
 <para>
 SystemTap tracks the typing information of the target variable and can
 examine the fields of a structure with the <command>-></command> operator.
diff --git a/doc/langref.tex b/doc/langref.tex
index f7167734c..bba017ce3 100644
--- a/doc/langref.tex
+++ b/doc/langref.tex
@@ -1094,6 +1094,10 @@ file name at the end and has the shortest file name path (e.g. given
 \texttt{src/sub/module/bar/baz.c} and \texttt{src/bar/baz.c} the second
 CU will be chosen to resolve \texttt{foo}).
 
+The notation \texttt{@var("varname", "/path/to/exe-or-so)} is also supported
+to explicitly specify an executable or library file path in which the global or
+top-level static variable resides.
+
 \texttt{\$var->field} or \texttt{@var("var@file.c")->field} traverses a
 structure's field. The indirection operator may be repeated to follow
 additional levels of pointers.